A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety. ~Ansel AdamsTumblr (3.0; @karenlimerick)http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7f72d8054187c99958886fbf7accafb0/tumblr_mgjo3aoYcC1qiz3j8o1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8113d28c7d6164a3ad812f3b8ef8a776/tumblr_mgjo3aoYcC1qiz3j8o2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p>The beautiful Josephine Baker..She appeared on <span>a Paris stage during the 1920s with a comic, yet sensual appeal that took Europe by storm. </span><span>Admirers bestowed a plethora of gifts, including diamonds and cars, and she received approximately 1,500 marriage proposals.</span></p> <p><span>Josephine served France during World War II in several ways. She performed for the troops, and was an honourable correspondent for the French Resistance (undercover work included smuggling secret messages written on her music sheets) and a sub-lieutenant in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. She was later awarded the Medal of the Resistance with Rosette and named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by the French government for hard work and dedication. </span></p> <p><span>On April 8, 1975 Josephine premièred at the Bobino Theatre in Paris. Celebrities such as Princess Grace of Monaco and Sophia Loren were in attendance to see 68-year-old Josephine perform a medley of routines from her 50 year career. The reviews were among her best ever. Days later, however, Josephine slipped into a coma. She died from a cerebral haemorrhage at 5 a.m. on April 12. </span><br/><br/><span>More than 20,000 people crowded the streets of Paris to watch the funeral procession on its way to the Church of the Madeleine. The French government honoured her with a 21-gun salute, making Josephine Baker the first American woman buried in France with military honours  Her grave site is in the Cimetiére de Monaco, Monaco.</span></p>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42191130534http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42191130534Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:45:57 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/721eea4f7de5daf0f39a9675a1b94765/tumblr_mgm6hknEhL1qcglluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190573068http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190573068Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:37:02 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/02d46349cfc390a011bde140ae7fb830/tumblr_mgm633EkSa1qcglluo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190543709http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190543709Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:36:35 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7nhi4Nj991qaz1hso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://criminalwisdom.com/post/40559008946/dialogue-by-sergi-borisov-1983">criminalwisdom</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong> ‘Dialogue’</strong> by Sergi Borisov, 1983</p> </blockquote>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190482590http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190482590Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:35:34 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a8d736fbd40f2ebcb23ae4e99af020c5/tumblr_mgn0juPJim1r9khx4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://odilonredon.tumblr.com/post/40577912128/soviet-veteran-world-war-ii-veteran-from-belarus">odilonredon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><span class="bpMore"><strong>Soviet Veteran</strong><br/></span></p> <p><span class="bpMore">World War II veteran from Belarus Knostantin Pronin, 86, sits on a bench as he waits in hopes of finding other men from his unit at Gorky park during Victory Day in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2011.</span></p> <p><span class="bpMore">This picture made me sad. To think that there will be a few less friends from your unit until that one year you’re the last one, just waiting.<br/></span></p> </blockquote> <p>Oh, right in the feels.</p> </blockquote>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190462040http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190462040Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:35:14 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a1d94d6c69ade57c1a2a031d5ae86c22/tumblr_mgnjoyB96W1qcglluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190427131http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190427131Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:34:40 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/19357e25f54b1b386c0b91049a39e448/tumblr_mgnk6gJqFR1qcglluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190408616http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190408616Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:34:22 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/61265e6afbe3f6a606cfb58405369941/tumblr_mgnk9y7Se71qcglluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190389078http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190389078Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:34:03 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8feba900ff40c18d938fa7f9f9490ff3/tumblr_mgnmjyYjQn1qcglluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190307395http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190307395Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:32:42 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd83183984c93d267c589ca4ed8cc706/tumblr_mgpgdzrTCv1qg7qglo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190274216http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190274216Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:32:10 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw9prw0l2q1r89urno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://3arab.tumblr.com/post/14280750811/libyan-rebel-by-john-moore">3arab</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Libya</strong></p> <p>photo by John Moore</p> </blockquote>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190251898http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190251898Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:31:48 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mebm2mtSKb1r8pxcho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://zuky.tumblr.com/post/40475220861">zuky</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://howiviewafrica.tumblr.com/post/36901817377/mali">howiviewafrica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <div> <div> <p><strong>Mali.</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <p>Students and lovers of tea culture will notice that the long pour is a feature of traditional tea cultures in numerous far-flung places. Pulled tea in India, long-spout pouring in China, or this high pour in Mali — in each case the tea is aerated and vitalized by this technique, similar to how red wine is aerated to deepen flavor. This is something which didn’t make its way into British tea culture, maybe because it’s too vigorous and non-dainty for the Victorian high tea setting. For all I know Starbucks is onto this and will soon come out with some abomination like “Malinese Zen Soy Pulled Chai Mint Latte” where aeration is performed by machine.</p> </blockquote>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190229088http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190229088Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:31:26 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d6a145a8e8923ed0673fbe795f44f478/tumblr_mgnms6AqZH1qcglluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190175108http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190175108Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:30:35 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b60c4f6685da498ffece4e08600e09e/tumblr_mgnmwoPL0p1qcglluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190161640http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42190161640Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:30:23 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/81149533e842c462e61e59d4c24d8743/tumblr_mgnltfOFfh1qcglluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189885332http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189885332Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:25:48 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/75a7e31072f1c8c4addcc8352d2e682e/tumblr_mgrmsxsW5k1qcglluo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189858420http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189858420Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:25:21 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/86a10dcb6aaf45414d7b60682e07f69b/tumblr_mgrjxjF2891qcglluo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189823828http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189823828Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:24:46 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/67f224ca3bdd391f2bde750dab09fdf8/tumblr_mgrmnrlpco1qcglluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189678267http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189678267Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:22:21 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdzrz5zTDq1qzfmh5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://silezukuk.tumblr.com/post/36656195645">silezukuk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Frank Eugene - Anne Königer Smith, 1912 [<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/190011961">***</a>]</p> </blockquote>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189610506http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189610506Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:21:15 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/71e5c8c4733f1f99f1608096998a433b/tumblr_mgnmoiByQl1qcglluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189538646http://karenlimerick.tumblr.com/post/42189538646Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:20:03 -0500